MUMBAI:The Bombay high court on Monday told the Bihari Front, an organization that is presided over by former MP Sanjay Nirupam, that inviting a celebrity for the Chhath Puja at Juhu Beach was not a right.

The Bihari Front had moved the vacation court for a direction to cancel two conditions imposed by the November 5 order of the suburban collector while granting it permission to perform the November 17-18 puja.

One condition was that it should not invite a celebrity on stage and hold entertainment programmes, and the other was that it should not erect fences and create a dry zone.

The Bihari Front petition said it was its discretion to invite a personality and the collector could not dictate terms. It said the purpose of inviting the celebrity was merely to perform religious and cultural programmes.